At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

R&D Project Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

The Product Portfolio Liaison (PPL) analyst will be accountable for the day-to-day information management in planning & financial systems (Planisware (PLW)/Beacon/User Community Tool (UCT)/Spectrum, other technologies). They will partner with designated organizations/functions and lead or participate in business process initiatives.

Under supervision, the PPL analyst will support functional detailed forecasting and analytics of work deliverables, drivers, algorithms, reason codes, manual updates to provide operational efficiency and capacity utilization within a designated organization. The candidate will use and maintain accurate project/work-package/trial/location/study/portfolio planning in support of functional resourcing (FTEs/OOPs), reporting (via Tableau/Power BI/etc.), continuous forecasting, and business cycles. They will manage timely tracking of project/portfolio plans, be accountable for data content and quality of information used in functional decision making.

This individual contributor will be an active member of X-TA DU PPL team, supporting applicable planning & financial process flows (ex. Continuous Forecasting or APS) that are linked across the J&J Innovative Medicine portfolio.  Focus will be on providing support to several current processes (not limited) that are key for the team:

• Governance for systems, processes & technology

• Planning, Clinical Trials & IMSC Forecasting Capabilities

• Reporting, Data Insights & Data Analytics

• Continuous Improvement & Initiatives

• Business Rules ownership

• Knowledge Management & Communications 

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a BA/BS degree required. 

• At least 1-3 years in industry experience preferred.

• Strong operational and analytical skills (including knowledge of Microsoft office tools especially those associated with Excel, MS project, etc.) are preferred. 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English are required and experience in working within global team environment is preferred.

• Knowledge of planning processes and tools (Planisware, UCT, OMP, etc.) is preferred.

• Experience with reporting tools, such as Tableau and Power BI, is preferred.

• The candidate must work with great accuracy, be customer- and service-focused.

• Demonstrate excellent time management, prioritization, and organizational skills.

 

 

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Action-Oriented, Agility Jumps, Business Alignment, Business Behavior, Collaborating, Continuous Improvement, Execution Focus, Operations Management, Problem Solving, Process Improvements, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Reporting, Project Schedule, Quality Control (QC), Research and Development, Stakeholder Engagement